Simmons savagery gives T&T flicker of hope
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A savage hundred from Lendl Simmons gave Trinidad & Tobago a flicker of hope, but Barbados produced a sound batting effort to remain firmly in control in the Grand Final of the Regional 4-Day Tournament here yesterday.
Simmons unfurled a volley of strokes in an unbeaten 111 from a mere 71 balls as T&T, behind by 259 on first innings, finished the rain-affected second day at Kensington Oval on 140 for four in their second innings.
Earlier, Kraigg Brathwaite carved out his fourth first-class hundred of 122 to steer Barbados to 369 in their first innings.
Scoreboard
T&T 1st Innings 110
BARBADOS 1st Innings
(overnight 144 for two)
K Brathwaite b Khan 122
R Boucher c and b Khan 46
*K Edwards c Mohammed b
Simmons 48
J Searles lbw b Gabriel 10
J Carter b Gabriel 47
K Stoute c wkp Katwaroo b
Richards 6
+S Dowrich c wkp Katwaroo b
Richards 6
A Nurse c Barath b Richards 7
S Benn c Emrit b Richards 13
K Roach not out 29
M Cummins c Simmons b
Hosein 18
Extras (b4, lb11, nb2) 17
TOTAL (all out, 110 overs) 369
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-141,
3-169, 4-243, 5-257, 6-277, 7-
291, 8-313, 9-329, 10-369.
Bowling: Gabriel 23-3-99-2,
Richards 21-6-55-4, Emrit 17-3-
33-0, Khan 23-3-84-2, Hosein
8-0-24-1, Cariah 12-2-50-0,
Simmons 4-2-5-1, Mohammed
2-0-4-0.
T&T 2nd Innings
L Simmons not out 111
A Barath lbw b Cummins 2
Y Cariah c wkp Dowrich b
Cummins 2
J Mohammed c Nurse b
Cummins 0
A Hosein c and b Benn 8
+D Ramdin not out 13
Extras (lb2, nb2) 4
TOTAL (4 wkts, 24 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-54,
3-54, 4-87.
Bowling: Roach 2-0-25-0,
Cummins 6-2-41-3, Benn 10-0-
53-1, Nurse 6-0-19-0.
Position: T&T trail by 119 runs.
Toss: Barbados.
Umpires: P Gustard, N
Duguid.